Lê Thần Tông

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| name = Lê Thần Tông
黎神宗

| title = Emperor of Đại Việt

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| full name = Lê Duy Kỳ (黎維祺)

| father = Lê Kính Tông

| mother = Trịnh Thị Ngọc Trinh

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| issue =

| succession = Emperor of Đại Việt

| reign = 1619–1643

| predecessor = Lê Kính Tông

| successor = Lê Chân Tông

| regent = {{unbulleted list|Trịnh Tùng (1619–1623)|Trịnh Tráng (1623–1643)}}

| reign1 = 1649–1662

| predecessor1 = Lê Chân Tông

| successor1 = Lê Huyền Tông

| regent1 = {{unbulleted list|Trịnh Tráng (1649–1657)|Trịnh Tạc (1657–1662)}}

| succession2 = Retired Emperor of Revival Lê dynasty

| reign2 = 1643–1649

| house = Revival Lê dynasty

| era name = Vĩnh Tộ (永祚): 1619–29
Đức Long (德隆): 1629–35
Dương Hòa (陽和): 1635–43
Khánh Đức (慶德): 1649–53
Thịnh Đức (盛德): 1653–58
Vĩnh Thọ (永壽): 1658–62
Vạn Khánh (萬慶): 9/1662

| era dates = 1662

| temple name = Thần Tông (神宗)

| posthumous name = Uyên Hoàng đế (淵皇帝)

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| birth_date = 19 November, 1607

| birth_place = Đông Kinh, Đại Việt

| death_date = 2 November 1662

| death_place = Đông Kinh, Đại Việt

| place of burial = Quần Ngọc Tomb (群玉陵)

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Lê Thần Tông (黎神宗, 19 November 1607 – 2 November 1662) was the 17th emperor of Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty.

Biography

Lê Thần Tông's birth name is Lê Duy Kỳ (黎維祺).《歷朝憲章類誌》卷二十一·禮儀誌·太廟殿奉事各位。 He was born in 1607 and reigned in 1619–1643 following Lê Kính Tông, was interrupted by the reign of Lê Chân Tông 1643–1649, then reigned again 1649–1662 and was succeeded by Lê Huyền Tông. He was a figurehead emperor with lords Trịnh Tùng, who ruled 1570–1623, then Trịnh Tráng who ruled in 1623–1657, and Trịnh Tạc who ruled 1657–1682. At this time the Tonkin was still engaged in military campaigns against Nguyễn Lords in the south.Philip Taylor Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam 2007 Page 163 "The Nguyễn dynasty's historical record Đại Nam Nhất Thống Chí has a story of Phi Vận Nguyên Phục, a general under Lê Thánh Tông (1460–97) in a campaign against Champa. He was executed for delaying supplies from the Tư Dung .."

Family

Consorts and their respective issues :

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  1. Empress consort Trịnh Thị Ngọc Trúc (ex-wife of duke Lê Trụ)
  2. Noble consort Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Bạch
  3. Prince Lê Duy Hựu
  4. Consort Phạm Thị Ngọc Hậu
  5. First crown prince Lê Duy Vũ
  6. Consort Lê Thị Ngọc Hoàn
  7. Prince Lê Duy Cối
  8. Lady Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Tấn
  9. Prince Lê Duy Hạp
  10. Lady Nguyễn Thị Nhân
  11. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Thỉnh
  12. Lady Nguyễn Thị Sinh
  13. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Hài
  14. Lady Nguyễn Thị Vĩ
  15. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Điều
  16. Lady Trịnh Thị
  17. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Triện
  18. Lady Trần Thị Lãng
  19. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc An
  20. Lady Onrona San (Dutch Korean woman)
  21. Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Ngọc

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Moreover, 4 foster children : Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Duyên, second crown prince Lê Duy Tào, prince Lê Duy Lương and Các Hắc Sinh. Inside, Các Hắc Sinh or Willem Carel Hartsinck[http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/50914508 Portret van Willem Carel Hartsinck, Jacob Houbraken, 1796] (1638 - 1689) was the Dutch tradesman who deputized the Dutch East India Company in Far East.

References

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  • {{cite book |first=Phút Tản |last=Nguyễn |title=A Modern History of Viet-nam (1802-1954)|publisher=Khai-Trí| year=1964|pages=134–135}}
  • {{cite book|title=Vietnam|last=Tucker|first=Spencer|year=1999|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|ISBN=0-8131-0966-3|place=Lexington|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/vietnam00tuck}}

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